Space Soldiers beat Misfits in Atlanta

The match kicked off with the North American side winning the Terrorist pistol thanks to a fast ivy push, and following that up with the next two rounds. In the first gun round, Space Soldiers were set to retake the B bombsite and grab their first on the board, but a crucial molotov from Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares denied the CTs from defusing the bomb.

That would not crush Space Soldiers' hopes, and Engin "⁠MAJ3R⁠" Küpeli's men started tightening up their defense to eventually get to the lead, 5-4, with an ace from Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş. It was then that Misfits called a tactical pause, which propelled the North Americans to take control of proceedings once again.

Still, a shoddy B execution from Misfits marked the beginning of a four-round streak from Space Soldiers, who would switch to the T-side with a 9-6 lead.

XANTARES was one of the key figures for Space Soldiers

Misfits started off the second half with yet another successful pistol to eventually bring the deficit to a minimum, 8-9. In a third-round buy, Space Soldiers got back to winning ways much thanks to two quick entry-kills from Ahmet "⁠paz⁠" Karahoca.

Nevertheless, Hunter "⁠SicK⁠" Mims and co. immediately responded in the next round, and followed that up with two more. From there on out, however, Space Soldiers came up huge, losing only two rounds before locking down the map 16-13.

ELEAGUE Major 2018 Challengers StageBest of 1

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Misfits	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	28 - 20	+8	90.1	75.9%	1.28
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	21 - 19	+2	68.5	69.0%	1.01
Hunter 'SicK' MimsSicK	18 - 22	-4	75.3	58.6%	0.95
David 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevicdevoduvek	13 - 22	-9	57.4	58.6%	0.73
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	8 - 21	-13	41.9	55.2%	0.60

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	27 - 19	+8	93.9	69.0%	1.46
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	24 - 16	+8	80.8	75.9%	1.26
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz	19 - 16	+3	70.6	72.4%	1.15
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN	17 - 17	0	59.4	72.4%	0.89
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R	17 - 21	-4	61.5	58.6%	0.83

2-0
MOUZ	Cloud9
Vega Squadron	G2
2-1	1-2
FaZe	Misfits
Space Soldiers	Envy
	Quantum Bellator Fire
1-1
Liquid	Renegades
Natus Vincere	Sprout
0-2
FlipSid3	AVANGAR
0-3 (eliminated)
Flash Flash